Scales stout and adherent; body light gray to jet black with scales; maxillary to mid-orbit; prominent snout armed with tubercular scales; suborbital shelf completely covered with scales; 2 spinous and 9-12 (usually 9 or 10) soft rays in the 1st dorsal fin; 8-9 (usually 8) pelvic fin rays; 12-15 long pyloric caeca; otolith a rounded disk; large swim bladder which often everts stomach out of the mouth
Occurence: Bering Sea to S California; Japan
Depth: 600-2500 meters Size: 90 cm
Species code: 21220